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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disrepute | Play second fiddle; lose caste; pale one's ineffectual fire; recede into the shade; fall from one's high estate; keep in the background; (modesty); be conscious of disgrace; (humility); look blue, look foolish, look like a fool; cut a poor figure, cut a sorry figure; laugh on the wrong side of the mouth; make a sorry face, go away with a flea in. one's ear, slink away. |
Modesty | Keep private, keep in the background, keep one's distance; pursue the noiseless tenor of one's way, " do good by stealth and blush to find it fame ", hide one's light under a bushel, cast a sheep's eye. |
Seclusion Exclusion | Verb: be secluded, live secluded; Adjective: keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background; keep snug; shut oneself up; deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux; retire, retire from the world; take the veil; abandon; sport one's oak. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "KEEP IN THE BACKGROUND": to keep in the background. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "KEEP IN THE BACKGROUND"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"חבא אל "כלים (be shy, efface oneself). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eepkay inay ethay ackgroundbay оставаться в тени (stay in the background), держаться (cling, hold on, keep, stand, stay in the background). (various references) geri plânda kalmak (efface oneself). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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